LONDON — When he tuned in for the first Major League Baseball regular-season game ever in the United Kingdom, Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals were in San Diego. It was a little after 10 a.m. his time and already Boston was down to the Yankees, 6-0, before the Red Sox got the second out ever by a big-league club in the United Kingdom.
“Man, I feel bad for that guy,” Wainwright recalled, feeling empathetic for the pitcher, and then he blinked and the game was tied, 6-6, in the first inning. “Wait a second. What’s going on here?